Lets get right to it shall we . The blade
is bank vault tight all the way , there is literally no slop to speak
off at all . The blade opens smoothly and locks tight . The edge on the
blade was razor sharp as supplied , it literally shaved the hair on my
arm . I ran the blade across my arm and when I looked there was a nice
bundle of shaved hair sitting neatly on the blade . ( It is sharp )

I always like to do some cutting to see if the
blade will hold it's edge , it's nice that a blade will take an edge .
But even nicer is when the blade holds the edge . A box of stuff came
this morning so I took the EF and cut the box up into lots and lots of
little strips . I did as much cutting on that box as I could without
cutting off one of my fingers . When I was done the blade had lost some
of it's sharpness , but it still took hair off my arm .

At this point I
am very impressed by the blade . At some 4mm thick , the blade does have
some mass and you can feel it in the knife when you hold it . This means
when you cut things you can feel the added drag from the blade thickness
. Locking the blade in place is a Liner Lock as well as a pin stop on
the blade to
stop over travel and add strength . This has been done as there is no
pin going through the scales to stop the blade in it's open position .

The size and
weight of the EF make it more of a belt pouch knife than a pure pocket
knife . You can really feel the knife in your pocket and I don't see it
vanishing from your senses . There is a clip on the knife and it is very
sturdy and tight . But it is in the wrong position for me and after
playing with this knife for a few hours my palm has developed a sore
spot from rubbing against the clip . ( + Cutting cardboard ) For a
right handed person it should have been on the other side of the handle
, but it is easy enough to remove ( which I will do ) by just undoing
two screws . There is how ever no place to mount the clip on the other
side though , your stuck with the clip where it is . ( Unless you remove
it )

Bottom line is
that there is only one thing I can harsh on with this knife and that is
the clip . I am really impressed by the overall quality and build of
this knife . The blade is strong / sharp and looks to hold an edge
really well for a budget knife . Is the blade D2 ? , I can't say that .
What I can say is that you are getting a hell of a lot of knife for
$16.78 USD . I am amazed that at this price point you are getting so
much knife . It was only a few years ago that you got a very average
knife for less than $20 USD . But it really looks like the Chinese knife
makers are taking knife making seriously now and I hope that the
industry in general is making improvements .

I really want
to give this knife 10 out of 10 , but the sore spot on my palm say's no
. The clip is in the wrong position for me so I am knocking off half a
point for that , so a very solid 9.5 out of 10 ( keeping in mind the $$
entry point of the EF D2 ) . Would I recommend this knife ? Well
if they are all this good then heck yes . As a collector , I would call
the EF a must have .